Wave-motor.



"UNITE sTATns PATENT FFICE.

WAVE-MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. l

Patented Oct. 31, 1905.

Application led December 27,1904. Serial No. 238,385.

To If/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIS P. CLINTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Point Richmond, in the county of Contra Costa and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wave- Motors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in wave-motors; and the objects of my invention are to provide a wave-motor that will operate uniformly and in all weathers g that may be anchored at such distance from the shore as to be in deep water and not liable to contact with the beach, a rock, or reef 5 that is simple in construction and can be built stoutly, so as to resist violent seas, and that may be used for furnishing power to operate machinery of almost every kind in operation on land.

My invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts described in the following specification, illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, and claimed in the appended claims.

Referring to the said drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the'barge, showing the mechanism of my wave-motor. Fig. 2 is a plan view of said barge with a portion of the roof or cover broken away to show the construction and arrangement of the weights and other parts; and Fig. 3 is a modification of my said device, showing a single carriage in place of the plurality of cars as connected by the bar or link hereinafter referred to.

In the figures, 1 shows a barge having the movable weights 2 mounted on the tracks 3 by means of the wheels 4. The angular inclination of the barge caused by the motion of the waves causes the force of gravity to act on said weights, and by their consequent movement in the direction of such inclination they, by means of the extending shafts 10 and the pitman or link 11, cross-head 12, and plunger 13, cause suction or compression in the cylinders 14, thereby drawing water from the center of the barge through tube 15, and which portion is least affected by the motion of the water, and discharging it through the exits 16 by'means of suitable pipes to the shore.

The weights 2 are held in their places on the tracks 3 from above by -means of a grooved shive or pulley S, mounted on the Weights 2 and exerting an upward pressure on the overhead tracks 9, fastened or secured to the roof of the barge. for regulating the speed of the weights is shown in the pressure-blocks 17, pivoted at Ameans of the threaded rod and wheel 19.

point designated 18, and the position of the same may be lowered or heightened bly bar or link 5, pivoted at points -6 and 7, is used to connect the weights 2 in order to make their action simultaneous.

. The guides 21 are used to keep the crosshead 12 and plunger 13 in their correct positions. A bowline 20 is fastened to a stanchion 24, and the other end of such bowline is attached to an anchor or other anchorage,

-so as to keep the barge head on to the motion of the waves. A flexible tube or rubber hose may be screwed or otherwise suitablyvsecured to eachvexit 16 for ypumping water to the shore for the transmission of power.

I prefer the oval form of roof for my motor, so as to offer the least resistance to the waves, and the barge should be ballasted to secure its stability.

The motor should be entirely inclosed, except that a small manhole should be constructed in the roof for entrance and exit,

and also small apertures should be provided for pipes or tubes. A system of buoys to which the barge may be secured by suitable cables or chains may be usedfor anchoring the same, if preferred.

My motor may also be used for compressin air by closing tube 15 and providing a suitable inlet for air.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination in a wave-motor of a barge, a plurality of weightsin said barge mounted on carrying wheels, upturning tracks for said wheels, overhead tracks for controlling said weights, a plunger-pump for expelling water from said barge and means for connecting said weights with said pump for the operation of the pump, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a wave-motor, in combination with a barge, a plurality of weights mounted on carrying-wheels, upturning tracks for said wheels, pulleys mounted on said weights, overhead tracks for said pulleys, a plungerpump for expelling fluid from said barge and pitmen connecting said weights and the plunger s of said pumps substantially as shown and described.

A brake or means IOO IIO

3. AThe combination in a wave-motor of an inclosed barge, a plurality of weights in said barge mounted on carrying-wheels,n overhead tracks for controlling said weights, a plunger-pump for expelling fiuid from said barge, connecting mechanism between said weights and pump for operating said pump, and a threaded rod and Wheel and a block for increasing or lessening pressure on said pulley, substantially as shown and described.

4. The combination of a plurality of upturned tracks aflixed to the floor of a barge, weights movably mounted on said tracks pivoted blocks having tracks above said weights for controlling the speed thereof, means for exerting or lessening pressure on said blocks, a plunger-pump for expelling fluid from said barge and pitmen connecting said weights to said pump, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination of a plurality of upturned tracks affixed to the floor of a barge, weights movably mounted on said tracks pivoted blocks resting on pulleys on said weights, means for exerting or lessening pressure on said blocks, a pump having a plurality of cylinders and plungers for expelling fluid from said barge and pitmen connecting said weights to said plungers, substantially as shown and described.

6. The combination of an inclosed bar e, movable Weights in said barge, means or limiting the movement of said weights, pivoted blocks above said weights, a screw for increasing or lessening pressure on said blocks, a pump having a plurality of cylinders and plungers Jfor expelling fluid from said barge and pitmen connecting said weights v to said plungers, substantially as shown and y WILLIS P. CLINTON.

Witnesses LINCOLN SONNTAG, ELMER ULRICH. 

